It's NICE to see in the dark

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 269-272

  Scott, David H T ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; ENFLURANE; ETHER; HALOTHANE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL ETHICS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND; VEIN INJURY; VEIN PUNCTURE;

EID: 0037335616     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg052     Document Type: Editorial

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